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Volunteer greeters offer free tours of hometowns (AP) '); document.write('

$\"This$ AP - Naila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn\'t notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago.

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Brooklyn\'s DUMBO: History, chocolate and bridges (AP) '); document.write('

$\"Eriko$ AP - Four centuries in 30 minutes. That\'s what tourists get in trendy DUMBO. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Washington, Walt Whitman, the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, and a 21st-century chocolate shop.

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London takes its food scene underground (AP) '); document.write('

$\"Guests$ AP - On a balmy summer Sunday, Tim Scorer and his girlfriend Emma Jarvis welcome brunch guests to their spacious London flat.

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Kayak adventure in Alaska: Wildlife and glaciers (AP) '); document.write('

$\"This$ AP - We\'re standing in a field of rocks in a dense fog, surrounded by icebergs stranded at low tide.

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Survivors of earlier era: 11 beloved trolley parks (AP) '); document.write('

$\"The$ AP - Before Disneyland and Six Flags, before steel coasters went 50 mph and rides were named for cartoons, movies and superheroes, there were trolley parks.

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Fla. fruit stand begun by boy celebrates 50 years (AP) '); document.write('

$\"Robert$ AP - Robert is here, and he\'s been here for more than five decades.

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Boulder in summer: Hiking, performances and beer (AP) '); document.write('

$\"This$ AP - Anybody who thinks of Colorado as just a winter destination ought to go to Boulder and talk to Frank Shorter. Or Kim Farin. Or maybe William Shakespeare.

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Will tourists return to Panhandle when oil stops? (AP) '); document.write('

$\"FILE-$ AP - Efforts to cap the oil well are under way. But even if they are successful at stopping the gusher, the tourist-dependent Florida Panhandle now faces the hurdle of luring visitors back to a coastline that still could see tar balls wash ashore.

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Animals of war at WWII Museum in New Orleans (AP) '); document.write('

$\"This$ AP - Smoky the Yorkshire terrier, Lady Astor the pigeon and a host of horses and mules are among war heroes and heroines featured in the latest exhibit at the National World War II Museum.

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Obama\'s Maine island long visited by rich, famous (AP) '); document.write('

$\"President$ AP - Serving as a summer retreat for Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Morgans, this town and the surrounding area have long been known as a place where well-heeled and well-known visitors could beat the heat - and have their privacy respected.

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Swim with the world\'s largest fish in Mexico (AP) '); document.write('

$\"This$ AP - Everyone got excited when the 20-foot-shark, inches below the surface of the water, started circling slowly under our little fiberglass boat and wouldn\'t leave.

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Stockholm tour for \'Girl with Dragon Tattoo\' fans (AP) '); document.write('

$\"Tour$ AP - Fans of the late crime novelist Stieg Larsson are getting lost in the Swedish countryside, searching for the quaint town of Hedestad featured in \"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.\"

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Austrian beer fest: Get your lederhosen on (AP) '); document.write('

$\"Local$ AP - Dirndls, lederhosen, an oom-pah-pah band and beer: It doesn\'t get more traditional than this when the sleepy Austrian village of Altaussee wakes up for a nonstop beer party, Sept. 4-6.

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Everglades home to snakes, gators and cable show (AP) '); document.write('

$\"Roadside$ AP - The Florida Everglades are home to snakes and gators, and now they\'re the setting for a cable show called \"Swamp Men.\"

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Norwegian Epic full of Vegas-style entertainment (AP) '); document.write('

$\"The$ AP - It\'s not the largest cruise ship in the world, but the newly launched Norwegian Epic, making its maiden port call to Miami this week, has plenty of firsts and superlatives to brag about.

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